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Excerpt from Second Memoir on Babylon: Containing an Inquiry Into the Correspondence Between the Ancient Descriptions of Babylon and the Remains Still Visible on the Site; Suggested by the "Remarks" Of Major Rennel Published in the Archæologia We should form a very incorrect notion of the residence of an eastern monarch, if we imagined it was one building which in its decay would leave a single mound, or mass of ruins Such establishments always consist of a fortified inclosure, the area of which is occupied by many buildings of various kinds, without symmetry or g'eneral design, and with large vacant spaces between them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.